Columbia University

The Master of Science program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) provides world-class education with opportunities for innovation and research. The department also has a partnership with the Columbia University Medical Center for interdisciplinary collaborations.Apart from Masters, the department also offers undergraduate and Ph.D. programs.

Applications for admissions are taken online. Applicants need to submit official transcript copies from every post-secondary institution attended, three recommendation letters, the GRE General Test Scores, Language test score, a Personal Statement, and the resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Please note that an interview may be requested.

Areas of Expertise: Biomechanics; Biosignals and Biomedical Imaging; Cell and Tissue Engineering

The Chemical Engineering Master of Science (MS) program offered by the Chemical Engineering department ensures that the students study the newest and most important chemical engineering topics in depth. The department offers MS with a Concentration in Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals. Applicants must have B-average or better in a science or engineering undergraduate curriculum.

All MS applicants are expected to have completed General Chemistry I and II, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III (multivariable calculus), and an Ordinary Differential Equations Course. Applicants who have undergraduate degrees in chemistry, polymer science, physics, materials science, or any engineering discipline can also apply, but they should keep the minimum 16 years clause of US universities in mind.

This program connects students with developments in biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals with a focus on engineering applications and approaches. In addition, it also offers an MS with a Concentration in Electrochemical Energy. The concentration provides students with an understanding of the fundamentals and technologies associated with batteries and fuel cells. In addition to the Master programs, the department also offers BS and PhD programs.

Areas of Expertise:

Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics

Polymers and Soft Materials

Bioinductive and Biomimetic Materials

Chemical Engineering

Genomic Engineering

Interfacial Engineering and Electrochemistry

List of labs: Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants

The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics offers BS, Master of Science (MS) in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, EngScD (Doctor of Engineering Science), and PhD program. 

The MS program includes concentrations in:

construction engineering and management

engineering mechanics

environmental engineering and water resources

forensic (structural) engineering

geotechnical engineering, 

structural engineering, or combinations of these areas.

An MS applicant without any undergraduate course in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics will need to take certain undergraduate courses before proceeding to graduate studies.

Applications are accepted online. Applicants need to submit official transcript copies from every post-secondary institution attended, three recommendation letters, language test scores, the GRE General Test Scores, a Personal statement and the resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Please note that an interview may be requested.

Areas  of Expertise:

Environmental Engineering and Water Resources

Civil Engineering

Construction Engineering and Management

Engineering Mechanics

Geotechnical Engineering

The program is intended for students looking forward to deepening their understanding of computer science.

The department currently offers concentration tracks covering eight disciplines -

Computational Biology

Computer Security

Foundations of Computer Science

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Network Systems

Software Systems

Vision

Graphics

Interaction

Robotics

MS Personalized

MS Thesis.

The department offers the following undergraduate courses -

BS in Computer Science

Computer Engineering

BA in Computer Science

BA in Computer Science and Mathematics

BA in Data Science 

BA in Information Science.

The Master programs offered are MS in Computer Science, MS in Computer Engineering, Dual MS in Journalism and Computer Science. The department also offers Ph.D. and EngScd (Doctor of Engineering Science) programs for different fields.

Applications are taken online. Applicants need to submit official transcript copies from every post-secondary institution attended, Three recommendation letters, Language test scores, the GRE General Test Scores, a Personal Statement, and the resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Please note that an interview may be requested.

Areas of Expertise:

Software Testing

Wireless Networks and Network Security

Security

Embedded & Reconfigurable Systems

Graphics; Networking & Distributed Systems

Digital Image Processing & Computer Vision

Software Process

High Performance Computing

Digital Integrated Circuit Design

Artificial Intelligence & Security

Computer Architecture

Software Engineering Pedagogy

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Vision/Pattern Recognition

Signal Processing & Control

Empirical Software Engineering

Software Design

User-centered Software Design

Theory

Data Management/Data Mining

Programming Languages & Tools

Secure Software

List of labs: Data Science Institute

The Electrical Engineering program allows students to pursue the discipline in depth. Students can study topics like physical devices, circuits and systems, communications and networking, signal, information and data processing, computer engineering, smart electric energy, and systems biology or neuroengineering. The programs offered are Bachelor of Science, integrated BS/MS program, MS Electrical Engineering honors, MS and Ph.D.

The concentrations for MS will be from amongst:

Data-Driven Analysis and Computation

Networking

Wireless and Mobile Communications

Integrated Circuits and Systems

Smart Electric Energy

Systems Biology and Neuroengineering

Lightwave (Photonics) Engineering

Microelectronic Devices.

Applicants need to submit official transcript copies from every post-secondary institution attended three recommendation letters, the GRE General Test Scores, a Personal Statement, and the resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Please note that an interview may be requested.

Areas of Expertise:

Power Systems

Control Systems and Robotics

Signal & Image Processing

Microelectromechanical Sensors & Systems

Digital Systems

Integrated Circuit Fabrication

Communications

Subquarter-micron Lithography

Integrated Electronics

Biomedical Systems

The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Engineering (B.S.-EEE); a 3-2 Combined Plan B.A./B.S; a 4-2 program bachelor's degree at an affiliated liberal arts college; a two-year engineering program leading to a master's degree; an MS in Earth Resources Engineering (MS-ERE) with concentrations in Water Resources and Climate Risks, Sustainable Energy, ​Sustainable Waste Management; and PhD/Eng.Sc.D.

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research offers Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering; Operations Research; Operations Research: Analytics; Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems; Operations Research: Financial Engineering.
MS programs are offered in five core disciplines: MS in 

1. Financial Engineering: It is a multidisciplinary field involving financial theory, engineering methods, mathematical tools, and programming. It involves full-time training in the application of engineering methodologies and quantitative methods in finance.

2. Business Analytics: Columbia Engineering and Columbia Business Schools offer a full-time Master of Science in Business Analytics degree with a three-semester curriculum including modeling techniques and data science tools which help businesses to use data and make better decisions. A key element is a capstone project that provides an intense consulting engagement with clients and their real-world business problems using real data sets.

3. Operations Research: The Master of Science in Operations Research (MSOR) ensures that students can focus on areas such as mathematical programming, stochastic models, and simulation through domain-specific courses in logistics, supply chain management, revenue management, financial engineering, risk management, entrepreneurship, and general management.

4. Industrial Engineering: The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering is for students with an undergraduate engineering degree. The focus is on special fields such as scheduling, production planning, inventory control, and industrial economics. The MSIE Program offers three specialized concentrations:

Healthcare Management: Focuses on applying the methodology of operations research and industrial engineering to healthcare systems.

Regulated Industries: For students with an undergraduate engineering degree with a focus on industrial engineering problems in regulated industries.

Systems Engineering Provides a holistic view of engineering and focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed.

5. Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering degree (36 credit degree program is offered in four concentrations; Operations & Analytics, Pricing & Revenue Management, Entrepreneurship & Innovations, and Logistics & Supply Chain Management. 

Applications are taken online. Applicants need to submit official transcript copies from every post-secondary institution attended Three recommendation letters, the GRE General Test Scores, a Personal Statement, and the resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Please note that an interview may be requested.

Areas of Expertise:

Lean Production Systems

3d Printing / Additive Manufacturing; Ergonomics/Human Factors/Safety Engr

Data Mining/Data Analytics

Operations Research/Simulation/Logistics

Systems Engineering

Engineering Design

Applied Statistics / Experimental Design

Manufacturing Engineering

Sustainable Engineering

List of labs: Additive Manufacturing and Multi-Functional Printing (AMPrint) Center

The Master of Science program offered by The Department of Mechanical Engineering provides an opportunity through which students can enrich their knowledge in the latest and most important topics in mechanical engineering. Students can choose courses from several suggested specialized elective concentrations, including Biomechanics, Energy Systems, Micro/Nanoscale Engineering, and Robotics and Control.

The MechTech Laboratory provides an opportunity to students for hands-on experience with microcomputer-embedded control of electromechanical systems. Facilities for the construction and testing of analog and digital electronic circuits aid the students in learning the basic components of the microcomputer architecture. 

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with an Elective Concentration in Biomechanics provides foundations of fluid and solid mechanics applicable to biomechanics, as well as applications of mechanics to a specific cell, tissue and organ systems. The higher-level courses provide deeper foundations on theoretical and computational approaches relevant to biomechanics. 

The currently available concentrations are listed below:

Biomechanics: This elective concentration provides foundations of fluid and solid mechanics applicable to biomechanics, as well as applications of mechanics to a specific cell, tissue and organ systems.

Energy Systems: The program provides advanced thermofluidic knowledge and is related to energy and environmental policy. This elective concentration helps students prepare for careers in energy production and energy consultation.

Micro/Nanoscale Engineering: The program prepares students for careers in diverse and rapidly expanding areas that span energy harvesting, ultrafast information processing, biometrics and theranostics.

Robotics and Control: This elective concentration prepares students to join established companies, information-age dominant players investing heavily in this field, or the new wave of Robotics start-ups aiming to provide disruptive innovations.

Areas of Expertise:

Healthcare Systems

Microsystems

Gear Design

Thermo-fluid Systems

Systems And Controls

Energy Systems

Transportation Systems

Nanofluids

List of labs: Fuel Cell/Micro Channel Research

The Department of Chemistry at Columbia University offers the following programs:

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Biological Chemistry

Materials Chemistry.

The Department of Physics has about 35 faculty who teach and carry out research in the fields of astrophysics, condensed matter physics, high energy nuclear physics, high energy particle physics, and atomic, molecular, and optical physics.The Mathematics Department offers courses in mathematics at all levels through various degree programs at Barnard College.

The core mathematics subjects in the graduate course are the following:

Analysis and Probability

Modern Geometry

Lie Groups

Representation

Algebraic Topology

Complex Analysis,

Riemann Surfaces

Algebraic Geometry

Number Theory.

Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics only offer doctoral programs and no separate masters degree.

The Mathematics department offers a Master of Arts program in Mathematics with a specialization in Mathematics of Finance (MAFN). It draws on the diverse strengths of the university in mathematics, statistics, stochastic processes, numerical methods, and financial applications.

The M.S. Program in Applied Physics lays emphasis on basic physics while allowing many options in applied physics specialties. Students usually take it as an additional course beyond the bachelor’s level, or as a stepping stone to doctoral studies in the applied physics fields of plasma physics, laser physics, or solid-state physics. The M.S. Program in Applied Mathematics leads to a Master of Science degree after the students complete five core courses and five electives.

The CAMPEP-Accredited Medical Physics M.S. Program ensures students are prepared for professional careers in the field of Medical Physics. The program covers the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

Specializations covered include:

Radiation Therapy

 Diagnostic Radiology

 Nuclear Medicine

 Medical Health

List of Labs: NanoPower Research Lab